2021-2023
Ziyi Zhang’s Family Photo Album (FPA) (2023) is an interactive, browser-based work of art that explores the artist’s “bestie,” a Chinese international student who studies art in America. Bestie eventually abandons her art and leaves behind a body of work revealing her collective family memories. The result is a stunning exploration of notions of truth, cultural and generational disconnect, and the relationship between social class and art.
Ziyi Zhang
United States
Ziyi Zhang is an interdisciplinary artist based in Chicago whose practice spans painting, installation, and interactive media. She recently received her MFA degree in Painting and Drawing from SAIC and received her BFA degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 2021. Her work invites audiences to engage with complex social and cultural issues in unconventional ways.